Avery Creek–Clawhammer Road, 4 sights is a 7.7-mile out-and-back near Wolf Ford, NC. It climbs 1,239 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,362 – 3,504 ft · steepest grade: 17%8.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Avery Creek Road 35.30801, -82.74507
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC
Directions
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Avery Creek–Clawhammer Road, 4 sights
7.7 mi · ▲ 1,239 ft · 3 hr 11 min
Elevation 2,362–3,505 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Avery Creek Road · 35.30801, -82.74507
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Avery Creek Road, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Perry Cove, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Avery Creek Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Avery Creek, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Buckhorn Gap, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Avery Creek, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Buckhorn Gap, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Twin Falls Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Buckhorn Gap, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Clawhammer Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right onto Henry Branch Extension, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach Clawhammer Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right onto Clawhammer Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Buckhorn Gap, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Twin Falls Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Buckhorn Gap, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Avery Creek, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left onto Buckhorn Gap, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Avery Creek, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Avery Creek Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Perry Cove, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Avery Creek Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
50% dirt15% gravel35% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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